As the winter season approaches, NIWRC will observe our annual office quietude from December 18, 2024, through January 7, 2025. This dedicated time allows our team to rest, reflect, and nurture connections with family, community, and culture. We will resume regular operations and respond to inquiries beginning January 8, 2025. We thank you for your understanding and continued partnership— may this season bring peace, healing, and renewal.
For Our Relatives Seeking Immediate Support:
StrongHearts Native Helpline offers 24/7 culturally-rooted support
The National Indigenous Women's Resource Center (NIWRC) thanks everyone who joined us in celebrating Native American Heritage Month this November. While we mark this dedicated month of recognition, the work of protecting and preserving our ways extends far beyond any calendar date. We honor our heritage not through words alone, but through unwavering support of Native-led organizations, amplifying Native voices, and protecting the inherent right to Tribal sovereignty. As we move forward, we invite you to continue sustaining this vital movement alongside our advocates, partners, and allies across Indian Country. Together, countless hands and hearts will continue to carry forward the work our ancestors began.
Join NIWRC for a fireside session highlighting vital programs supporting Native communities. This community gathering will explore ongoing work in Indian Country led by Native organizations. In this session, NIWRC and the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women (CSVANW) are collaborating to highlight programs supporting advocates who address domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, stalking, and sex trafficking in Tribal communities. Guest speaker Charolette Gonzales (Navajo and San Ildefonso Pueblo), CSVANW's Policy and Advocate Director, will share how federal funding strengthens community initiatives. Drawing from her experience and academic background in Political Science and Criminal Justice Studies from Fort Lewis College, she will discuss the coalition's vital programs supporting Tribal communities.
Join NIWRC for a powerful conversation with acclaimed authors Marcie Rendon and Ramona Emerson as they explore how Native literature serves as both witness and resistance to the ongoing crisis of violence against Native women and communities. Through compelling works like "Murder on the Red River" and "Shutter," Native authors are creating stories where Native women take center stage— not as statistics, but as fully realized heroines navigating complex realities. Our featured authors will discuss how their fictional narratives illuminate truth, challenge erasure, and contribute to the larger movement for justice and visibility in Native communities.
Remembrances and Recommendations in Working With Our Indigenous Unhoused Relatives
Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. MT
Join NIWRC and STTARS for a vital conversation about supporting our unhoused relatives and community members experiencing housing insecurity and gender-based violence. As we approach Winter Solstice – the longest night of the year and a sacred time of ceremony and reflection – expert panelists will share their frontline experiences working with Indigenous communities, including culturally grounded approaches, lessons learned, and effective practices for providing support and advocacy. This timely discussion will deepen our understanding of how to better serve and protect vulnerable community members during the winter months and beyond.
Application Due Date: February 28, 2025 On-Site Completion Date: August 15, 2025
We look forward to another year of working hand-in-hand with our Native communities for this year's Onsite Technical Assistance opportunity. Our goal in this work is to support Native communities and relatives by strengthening their capacity to respond to the varying challenges in the work of ending gender-based violence and increasing safety in our communities.
NIWRC will support and work with Tribal communities toward solutions that reflect the culturally relevant needs and honoring of Indigenous lifeways, systems, and teachings to strengthen a community of response. We thank you for all the work already happening and look forward to hearing from you.
IT Support Tech — Full Time (Remote) The compensation range for this role is $24-$28/hour, depending on experience. This position will focus on documentation development, controls, and training of processes and procedures to strengthen the support functions of the organization. Additionally, this position will assume management of our paperless file store system, develop clear processes, and provide training and support to staff. The IT Support Tech provides support functions on organization-wide systems used by all staff. See the complete job description for details. This is a temporary position that will end in September 2025.
To apply, please complete and submit an employment application with a cover letter, resume, and three technical writing samples. Submit all documents to the Human Resources Manager, Julie Weddell, at careers@niwrc.org. Open until filled.
The Research Assistant position will be responsible for helping to develop an internal process for identifying annual priority issues, analyzing survey data, writing reports on various survey results, gathering resources and drafting literature reviews on various topics as assigned, and assisting in the development of internal evaluations of NIWRC events, training, etc. This position is temporary with ARP funding that will end on September 29, 2025, but it could develop into a permanent position. The compensation range is $42,000 - $47,000/annual salary, DOE. This position will remain open until filled.
To apply, email careers@niwrc.org with a completed application, cover letter, resume, and two writing samples relevant to your previous research work.
The STTARS Housing Specialist is responsible for assisting in developing and managing STTARS’ Training and Technical Assistance initiatives, its policy efforts, and promotional activities. The position monitors ARP-funded sub-awardees and helps to guide the overall growth of the Center. This position will ensure that STTARS’ training/technical assistance and resource development is culturally, historically, and legally relevant and supports governmental, nonprofit, and community responses to the immediate crisis needs of Native women victimized by violence who experience housing insecurity and homelessness. They will work with STTARS and NIWRC staff, consultants, and external partners to identify promising practices, engage in advocacy efforts, and advance the work of the Center. This individual should have a deep cultural understanding of violence against Native women, the unique traditional values of Indigenous peoples, and an understanding of the intersection of gender-based violence and housing insecurity/homelessness. Extra consideration will be given to candidates who have demonstrated employment working on shelter development/advocacy shelter policy and public health policy. Extensive travel is required for this position. The compensation range is $60,000 - $70,000/annual salary. This position will remain open until filled.
To apply, email careers@niwrc.org with a completed application, cover letter, resume, and two writing samples relevant to your previous research work.
NIWRC is excited to announce the return of our Bathing Bundles, designed to support healing and shelter programs for Native women and relatives across Indian Country! Each Bundle includes thoughtfully prepared items with cedarwood, lavender, lemongrass, and sage—plants traditionally valued for grounding, cleansing, and protection. Your support for these bundles helps provide Native women and relatives with a sense of care, respect, and the opportunity for healing on their path forward. All orders contribute directly to NIWRC’s healing programs, ensuring those in need have access to the care they deserve.
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